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\nNorth and South Korea have connected a road across their shared border for the first time in 14 years, Seoul’s defence ministry said Thursday in the latest reconciliation gesture between the neighbours.<\/p>\n
The dirt road, which is wholly within the Demilitarized Zone that divides the peninsula, will be used for joint operations next year to recover remains from the 1950-53 Korean War.<\/p>\n
The 12-metre-wide construction of the route in Cheorwon, near the mid-point of the DMZ, is one of several steps agreed at the Pyongyang summit between the South’s President Moon Jae-in and the North’s leader Kim Jong Un in September.The neighbours also pledged to remove bunkers and weapons from the border truce village of Panmunjom.<\/p>\n
The dovish Moon has pursued a policy of engagement with his isolated neighbour, while the US insists pressure should be maintained on Pyongyang until it denuclearises.<\/p>\n
Pictures handed out by Seoul’s defence ministry Thursday showed a South Korean soldier and a North Korean counterpart taking part in the “recent” roadworks holding their hands out toward each other, with their colleagues watching.<\/p>\n
“It is historically significant for the North and the South to open a new passage and jointly engage in operations to recover remains of war dead at the place which saw the worst battles during the war,” the ministry said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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